Comments on: Monetizing your Blog: Jack Humphrey’s $400 Post

By: erp

erp — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:01:11 +0000

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By: Sara Ch.

Sara Ch. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:04:37 +0000

Brad:

Those newbie videos are very cool. They could save many people from looking really stupid their first time posting on a forum. You know, that newbie who gets blasted.

Someone says: “I created a linkbait and sent it to Digg, but I’m not sure the anchor text was right but then my pagerank went up so I figured Shoemoney’s post was right after all.” And the newbie writes back: “What’s linkbait? Who’s Digg? Can someone please explain the purpose of anchor text? What is a pagerank? Who’s Shoemoney?”

And he accidentally sends it four times because he isn’t sure it posted right.

Then the entire forum attacks him and sends him snotty links to Wikipedia and ask.com. I think beginner videos could really help alleviate some of that.

Jamie:

I’m not sure how soon I’ll be getting videos together, but I have everything I need. Thanks for pointing out the theme problem, I’m working on getting it fixed.

Sara

By: Chantix

Chantix — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:43:54 +0000

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By: Jamie Harrop

Jamie Harrop — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:26:10 +0000

That’s a fantastic video from Jack. Thanks for sharing, Sara.

I can’t wait to see your video blogs. They can be hard work to do, but they’re also a lot of fun.

P.S. It looks like your blog theme went a little crazy again.

Jamie Harrop’s last blog post..Book Review - Tricks Of The Mind

By: Brad Hart

Brad Hart — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:14:32 +0000

I agree video is important. One of the most effective bloggers doing it in my opinion is Darren Rowse over at http://www.problogger.net. He has even run a couple of videos on making videos if I recall right.

I did a post not so long back from common craft showing how they were using simple video to illustrate complex techniques. I don’t know if you saw before it or not on your last visit. It was entitled “the power of how to” http://www.bradsotherblog.com/?p=39 I am thinking of using a similar technique to explain some concepts in wordpress 2.5 like gravatars, or even other avatar widgets like MyBlogLog.

What I would really like to make is the video that adequately explains how a page getting a dozen unique hits a day only manages 1 independent comment over a week. That would likely become the staple of every fledgling blogger to watch and link too just to make themselves feel better.